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Public speakers protest proposed cuts to medical‑legal partnership and veteran dental services; advisory commissioners urge integrative care pilot
Summary
Public commenters urged the county to preserve a longstanding Medical‑Legal Partnership program and oppose proposed cuts to veterans’ dental services. Members of the Health Advisory Commission also asked the board to pilot integrative/functional medicine in primary‑care clinics and to reconsider vacancy elimination in the budget proposal.
During public comment on the committee’s budget agenda, community members and advisory commissioners urged supervisors to reconsider proposed funding cuts and to explore alternative care models.
Law Foundation plea: Lisonbee Brenner, identified in the meeting as CEO of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, urged supervisors to reconsider a proposed 34% reduction to the Medical‑Legal Partnership (MLP) that places legal advocates inside county…
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